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Finance
Metaplanet is preparing for another major addition to its bitcoin holdings, announcing plans to purchase roughly $95 million worth of BTC after raising fresh capital through a new preferred share offering. The company revealed it will issue 23,610,000 Class B Preferred Shares, called MERCURY, at ¥900 (about $5.
Security
The GANA Payment project suffered a major security breach on Wednesday, losing more than $3.1 million in an attack that pushed the small BNB Smart Chain token into a deep crisis, according to onchain analyst ZachXBT. Blockchain data shows the attacker gathered the stolen assets at a BSC address
Markets
Swiss precious metals leader MKS PAMP SA is making a renewed push into the digital asset space with the relaunch of its gold-backed token, reflecting the growing global appetite for tokenized commodities. The move comes six years after the company’s first digital gold initiative and underscores a broader shift
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Markets
Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest added to its holdings across three major crypto-linked companies on Wednesday, stepping in as share prices dipped across the sector. According to the firm’s latest trade filing, the ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK), ARK Next Generation Internet ETF (ARKW) and ARK Fintech Innovation ETF (ARKF)
Core Foundation has secured an injunction from the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands that temporarily blocks Maple Finance from launching a rival bitcoin yield product and limits Maple’s ability to interact with Core’s native token while the two sides enter arbitration. The decision, announced Wednesday, stems from
Cryptocurrency
Aztec Network has taken a major step toward expanding privacy on Ethereum with the formal launch of its Ignition Chain on the Ethereum mainnet. The rollout, announced Wednesday, follows the opening phase of the AZTEC token sale that began last week. The team described the milestone in a post on
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Markets
CEA Industries Inc., the Nasdaq-listed digital asset treasury also known as BNB Network, has expanded its BNB holdings once again. The company confirmed Wednesday that it purchased more than 15,000 additional BNB tokens, worth over $13 million at current prices. The new acquisition brings CEA’s total BNB balance
Finance
Coinbase may be preparing to roll out prediction markets and tokenized stock trading directly within its app, according to new findings uncovered by independent researcher Jane Manchun Wong. The features appear to be part of the company’s broader push to become an “everything exchange,” a strategy it previewed earlier